Covid treatment charge for Pvt hospitals revised
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 01 2021:
Nearly a week after fixing upper limit of charge for treatment of Covid-19 patients in private hospitals, the state health department has revised the rate on Tuesday.
The revised maximum charges per day for different category of beds are Rs 3000 for general/isolation, Rs 7000 for High Dependency Unit (HDU), Rs 8000 for ICU without ventilator use, and Rs 10,000 for ICU with ventilator use, according to an order issued by deputy secretary (H&FW) Soiminlian Lengen.
The new order stated that the charge include registration, bed, nursing and boarding fee.
Medicine and drugs may be charged as per actual usage with maintenance of proper records and sharing of details on a daily basis with the patient party.
Oxygen may be charged separately at a reasonable rate.
Government's guidelines for rational use of Oxygen for management of COVID-19 shall be ensured and specific records of oxygen given to each patient should be maintained.
Pathology and radiology tests may be charged separately as per normal rates with records of prescription by doctor.
Extra medical procedure such as caesarean section, emergency surgery may be charged separately.
It also reiterated that high end medicines like Remdesivir can be charged separately at the rate of Rs 3400 per dose (current Gol prescribed rate).
PPE costs may be charged separately based on actual use and the cost should be sub-allocated among patients based on rounds taken by the doctors/nurses.
PMJAY and CMHT beneficiaries are covered for COVID-19 hospitalisation expenses.
Their bills will be processed as per PM- JAY/CMHT norms and procedures.
It also clarified that private hospital staff are covered under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 subject to scheme guidelines and numbers as indicated by MoHFW.
It then asked private hospitals to strictly comply with the given rates and ensure that affordable COVID treatment is accessible to all, the order added.